NIRESBAKAN ng Malakanyang si Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon nang sabihin nito na nabigo ang Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) na hawakang mabuti ang public health crisis dahil sa hindi maawat na pagtaas ng kaso ng COVID-19.

Malinaw ani Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque na pinupolitika lang ni Drilon ang COVID-19 pandemic sa naging pahayag nito.

“As of July 21,” ang Pilipinas ay nakapagtala ng 70,764 kaso ng COVID-19 na may 23,281 ang gumaling at 1,837 naman ang namatay.

Tila ipinamukha ni IATF spokesperson Harry Roque kay Drilon na ang Pilipinas ay mayroong mababang mortality rate, nananatiling “good” ang critical care at karamihan sa kaso ay “mild at asymptomatic.”

“I don’t think we failed; for as long as we did not meet the 3.5 million cases projection of the UP [University of the Philippines]. And UP has been very good in their forecast,” ayon kay Sec. Roque.

“For as long as we’re minimizing death rates, I think we have succeeded. And there’s no way I can change that position because one life loss is too much,” dagdag na pahayag nito.

Inulit naman ni Sec. Roque ang apela ni Pangulong Duterte na isantabi na muna ang pulitika sa gitna ng krisis.

“We will always have different points of view, particularly those coming from the opposition, and I think they’re resorting to politicking stories. The appeal of the President is to concentrate on the COVID-19, set aside politicking for the time being which I think is a very wise policy,” aniya. (CHRISTIAN DALE)